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EAVES TRO-UGH SUPPORT.

-No. 272,925. Patented Peb.j27, 1883.

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\VILLIAM R. WILGOX, OF NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

EAVES-TROUGH SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,925, dated February 27, 1883, Application filed July 2 6, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, WILLIAM It. WILCOX, a citizen of the United States, residing in Nashua, in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eaves- Trough Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a support for eaves-troughs which shall be simple and cheap in construction, ornamental in appearance, and easily adjusted to the trough, and by means of which the necessary inclination may be given to the trough, with the said supports set in the same line of the finish.

To this end my invention consists in a reversible support or bracket provided with perforations arranged in a single vertical line, to each of which the trough-hook may be successively bolted, thereby giving a regular and continuous inclination to the trough, which may be continued, after reaching the lower perforation, by simply reversing the bracket, in the manner more fully explained hereinafter.

My invention further consists in a troughhook adapted to be used with said support or bracket, and provided for that purpose with two attaching'disks, both located at its inner end, one projecting forward over the body of the hook and forming a crotch to receive the edge of the trough, the other being attached to the rear edge of the hook, a little below the first disk, both being in the same vertical plane with the book.

My invention finally consists in a troughhook adapted to be used with said support or bracket, said hook being formed in two parts, which are jointed or pivotally connected together to permit the insertion of the trough without injury, the joint which unites the two parts of the book being locatedjust below the loop which receives the roll of the trough.

The invention presented by this application is an improvement upon thatshown, described, and claimed in Letters Patent of the United States No. 235,111, granted me the 7th day of December, A. D. 1880.

Referring to the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are elevations, showing slightly-modified forms of the hook-supporter bracket,with the trou ghhook attached, the jointed book being shown in Fig. 1, together with the method of reversing the bracket, the'latter being illustrated by broken lines. Fig. 3 is an elevation, showing a modified form of construction, the perforated plate being attached to the hook instead of to the bracket. Fig. 4 is a modification adapted especially to be applied to a bevel-finish. Fig. 5 illustrates a further modification of the bracket, whereby it is adapted to be applied to either a square, a bevel, or to an ogee finish.

A in said drawings indicates a screw-threaded spindle with a giinlct-point, adapted to be screwed into the wooden finish ofa building. B is a plate, which is formed or cast upon its end, arranged at right angles, or substantially so, to the axis of said spindle, and provided with a series of perforations, a, (1 ,01 a, and a arranged in a single line and at equal distances from each other. Each perforation may be countersunk, if desired, to receive the head of an attaching-bolt, and around each is formed a series of depressions, b, concentric with the perforation and adapted to receive a corresponding series of beads, (1, formed upon the attaching portion of the trough-hook.

0 indicates the trough-hook, which resembles in form that shown in my Patent No. 235,111. Instead, however, of providing it with a single attaching-disk, D, as shown in said patent, I cast thereon a second disk, D, which projects from the rear edge of the hook and is in the same vertical plane with l hedisk D, but placed a little lower, as shown in Fig. 2. Each of said disks is provided with acentral perforation, c, and a series of beads, 11, concentric with it, and adapted to engage with the sockets to upon the plate B. The [look is secured to the bracket by passing a bolt, e, through oneot' the perforations in the support or bracket and through that in the disk, a thumbnutbeing then applied to theend of the bolt and turned up until the two are closely drawn together and the beads upon one caused to enter the sockets upon the other. Byproviding the hook with two attaching-disksit maybe applied to the bracket in either of the two ways shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The bracket is fastened in place by screwing the spindle Ainto the wood finish, a nut, E, being placed upon said spindle, in order that when the latter has entered far enough said nut may be turned tightly up against the wood to support the spindle and prevent it from turning.

In putting up the trough the brackets are first set, being all arranged in the same line of the finish and at a suitable distance from each other. The trough-hooks O are then attachedin the manner already described, the plate B being turned into a vertical position, with its longer portion pointing upward, as shown in Fig. 1. In order to give to the trough a proper and regular inclination or drop to enable it to carry off the water, the first hook is attached to the upper perforation, a, of the plate B, the second hook is attached to the next perforation, to, thereby giving it a drop equal to the distance between the two perforations, and so on until the fifth hook is at-.,

tached, upon bracket No. 5, to the lower perforation, a". In order to continue the line of trough beyond this point and still preserve the inclination of the same, the next or sixth bracket is reversedt'. 6., it is turned with the longer portion of the plate B pointing downward, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 1. It will be noticed that the axis of the spindle A would, if prolonged, pass centrally between the perforations (t and a and therefore in reversing the bracket these perforations will merely change places, and the perforations a a and a will fall below them, and will be in position to receive the seventh, eighth, and ninth hooks and to give the samedrop to each.

It will be seen that the disk D is so placed upon the'hook O as to form a crotch, g, by which the edge ofthetrough isretained. Upon the opposite extremity of the hook is placed a loop,f, which receives the roll. When the hook is made in one continuous piece it is evident that the trough must be sprung or bent inward in order to insert the roll within this loop. This is attended with great danger of jamming the metal and causing not only a bad fit in the hook, but a great deformity to the trough. Moreover, in putting up the trough the separate sections composing the entire length upon one face of the building are carried up separately and laid in thesupports. A workman then goes up, turns the troughs over so as to expose their convex or under side, and solders the separate lengths or sections together. The entire continuous trough thus formed is turned back into its proper position in the hooks O and the roll is sprung into the loopf. In order to facilitate this operation and to enable the trough to be easily and quickly adjusted to and removed from the troughhooks, Iform the latter in two parts, 0 and C, (see Fig. 1,) which are jointed together at a point just below the loop f. This joint is formed by two disks similar in all respects to the disk D, one being formed upon the body 0 of the hook and the other upon the end portion, 0, which carries the loop. They are united by a bolt, g, and may, if desired, have the beads and sockets already described. A

thumb-nut, i, is turned upon the end of the bolt, and by loosening it the part 0 may be turned back until itsloopfis entirely free from the roll of the trough, thereby enabling the workman to turn it over for the purpose of soldering, and to fasten the trough in the hooks with the greatest ease and expedition and without the slightest danger of injuring the trough. The disk upon each part is half the thickness of the hook, so that the surfaces are all flush. A shoulder, l, on the part 0 strikes the edge at on the part 0 and prevents it from turning in beyond the proper point.

Instead of forming the bracket as shown in Fig. 1, the perforated plate B may be attached at or about at its middle point to a curved arm, B (shown in Fig. 2,) the arrangement being such that the axis of the spindle, if prolonged, will pass centrally between the perforations (t and 0 This bracket may also be reversed,with the sameresultalreadydescribed in connection with Fig. 1, and it is shown in Fig. 2 in the reversed position. The perforated plate B may also be formed upon the hook in the manner illustrated in Fig. 3, the bracket in this case consisting of a single disk, B upon the end of the spindle A. This disk may be formed out of line with the spindle, so that by reversing it a single additional drop may be obtained.

The forms of bracket illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 are adapted for use upon a square finish exclusively. In order to adapt the same invention to be used upon a bevel or an ogee finish, the perforated plate B may be formed at an angle to the spindle A, as in Fig. 4, or it may be jointed thereto, as shown in Fig. 5. The joint is formed by the bead and socketdisks already described, one being cast upon the plate B at a point nearer one end than the other, as shown at G. This form may not only be reversed to obtain a continued inclination to the trough, in the manner already described. but it may be used, if desired, upon square, bevel, or ogee finish, as the spindle A may be set at any angle desired with relation to the plate B It is evident that, instead of forming a continuous series of beads around each opening a a &c., a partial series only may be formed, as shown in Fig. 5; or, one, or more than one, may be formed upon opposite sides of the said perforations.

In order to provide for the reversal of the bracket, it may be desirable to form beads upon both faces of the same, the disk D being provided with sockets upon both its faces, so that it may be applied to the bracket upon either side thereof.

I do not claim, broadly, a reversible support, as such adevice is shown and claimed in my Patent No. 235,111. In that patent, however, the plate or bracket to which the hook is socured has its perforations arranged in two converging lines, and the bracket is exclusively adapted for use upon a bevel, or on an I to ogee finish, and cannot be used upon a square I 2. A hook-support formed in two parts, and

finish. Moreover, the arrangement of the perforations in two converging lines must necessarily limit. their number, or else the bracket must be of such size as to render it clumsy.

By using a straight bar or strip instead of the triangular plate shown in my Patent No. 235,111, andby forming the perforations in a single straight line, I obtain a greater range of adjustment, less metal is required, and the support is adapted for use with a square finish. Moreover, by placing a joint between the bracket-strip and the spindle or screw, it may be used upon square, bevel, or ogee finish, which is not possible with the device shown in my patent already referred to. Moreover, I make no claim in this application to anythingsbown in my Patent No. 235,111, granted me the 7th day of December, A. D. 1880.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. A hook-support consisting of an attaching-spindle having astrip formed thereon or attached thereto, said strip being provided with a single series of perforations placed at equal distances from each other and arranged in a single straight line, the spindle being united to the strip at or near one end of the same, so that by reversal the perforations may be brought into the same vertical line, either above or below the point of attachment, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

consistingof an attaching-spindle which is provided with an attaching-disk, and a straight strip or plate provided with a series of equidistant perforations arranged in a single straight line, said plate being provided near one end with an attaching-disk projecting from its side and adapted to engage-with the disk on the spindle by means of a bolt and nut, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A trough-hook having cast upon its inner end two attaching-disks, one projecting forward over the hook, and the other being formed on and projecting from the rearward edge of the book, both being in the same vertical plane with-the hook, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A trough-hook formed in two parts, united by a joint at a point just below the loop which receives the roll, said joint being formed by two disks, with a pivot-bolt passing through each and a nutturning upon the end of said bolt, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM R. WILOOX.

Witnesses:

L. L. TILDEN. CHAS. B. TILDEN. 

